MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '16 at 15:53
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 380 42% 334 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 120% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 378GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 32 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1342311114	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 412 Mixed 421 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 43.1 176% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 119 136% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Intenso SATA III SSD 120GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 179 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458779 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1395	91.9% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 476 Mixed 493 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.5 121% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 13.6 58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 55 0 (03) Spinup time 165 163 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22% Poor	Read 35.1 Write 41.1 Mixed 37.1 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 32%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 27GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1923 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 46.6 Mixed 50.6 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 14.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 100%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	15x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	4x
SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 111 samples	4x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $413

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16